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China accuses two detained Canadians of spying

China accuses two detained Canadians of spying

-- 2019-03-05 13:19:57

China has accused two Canadians of spying, as tensions between the nations grow over the possible extradition of a Huawei executive to the US. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a...

US senators vow to push Trump on Khashoggi’s murder

US senators vow to push Trump on Khashoggi’s murder

-- 2019-03-05 11:13:46

Republican and Democratic US senators said on Monday they were frustrated with the Trump administration’s failure to provide more information about the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal K...

Second Canadian minister quits over scandal

Second Canadian minister quits over scandal

-- 2019-03-05 10:51:57

In a serious blow to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a second member of his cabinet resigned on Monday, saying she had lost confidence in how the government had dealt with an escalating politi...

House to seek documents from 60 Trump officials in Russia probe

House to seek documents from 60 Trump officials in Russia probe

-- 2019-03-04 21:32:15

Declaring it's "very clear" President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee that would be in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents on Monday from...

Flash floods kill many in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Flash floods kill many in Pakistan, Afghanistan

-- 2019-03-04 19:34:43

Flash floods in southern Pakistan and Afghanistan have killed at least 20 people. The unusually heavy rains over the past 10 days have cut off tens of thousands of people. The Afghan government has...

US wants to know if Pakistan used F-16 jets to down Indian warplane

US wants to know if Pakistan used F-16 jets to down Indian warplane

-- 2019-03-04 14:52:02

The United States said on Sunday it was trying to find out if Pakistan used US-built F-16 jets to down an Indian warplane, potentially in violation of US agreements, as the stand-off between the nucle...

Chopper crash kills five including four Americans in Kenya

Chopper crash kills five including four Americans in Kenya

-- 2019-03-04 13:15:18

Four Americans and their Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya, police said on Monday. The aircraft came down...

Car rams into Israeli soldiers in West Bank

Car rams into Israeli soldiers in West Bank

-- 2019-03-04 10:55:29

Palestinians drove a car into several Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Monday and the three attackers were shot by troops, the military said. Two of the assailants were “neutralize...

At least 23 die in US tornado

At least 23 die in US tornado

Reuters 2019-03-04 10:05:39

At least 23 people, some of them children, died after a tornado swept through the state of Alabama in the United States on Sunday, and the death toll was expected to rise as rescuers searched through...

S Korea, US end massive military drills as North dislikes it

S Korea, US end massive military drills as North dislikes it

-- 2019-03-03 21:55:57

South Korea and the US are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises as part of efforts to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nu...

White House to host CEOs for workforce advisory meeting

White House to host CEOs for workforce advisory meeting

-- 2019-03-03 19:53:50

The White House on Wednesday is hosting major chief executives who joined a Trump administration advisory board on workforce issues. Last month, the White House said the chief executives of Apple Inc...

Afghanistan donates $1.0m to Palestine refugees

Afghanistan donates $1.0m to Palestine refugees

-- 2019-03-03 19:43:15

Afghanistan has given $1.0 million to the main UN programme for Palestinian refugees. Abdul Rahim Sayed Jan, Afghanistan's ambassador to Turkey, presented the donation on Sunday to Pierre Krähen...

Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Yannis Behrakis dead at 58

Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Yannis Behrakis dead at 58

-- 2019-03-03 19:02:45

Yannis Behrakis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, has died. He was 58. His death Saturday was confirmed by his employers, Reuters, where he had worked since 1987. Behrakis had long been ill...

'Trump is the most dangerous president in American history'

'Trump is the most dangerous president in American history'

-- 2019-03-03 19:01:41

US Senator Bernie Sanders has described US President Donald Trump as the most dangerous president in modern American history. The Vermont senator made the remarks his speech at Brooklyn College in Ne...

India-Pakistan border quiet but Kashmir tense amid militancy crackdown

India-Pakistan border quiet but Kashmir tense amid militancy crackdown

-- 2019-03-03 17:08:05

As India and Pakistan seemingly dial down hostilities that brought the arch enemies to the brink of another war, a massive crackdown on militancy in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region is killing bot...

At least 20 die after flash floods in Afghanistan

At least 20 die after flash floods in Afghanistan

-- 2019-03-03 13:40:23

At least 20 people including children were killed in southern Afghanistan by flash floods that engulfed up to 2,000 homes and swept away cars, the UN agency coordinating relief efforts said on Saturda...

Protests in Algeria leave 183 injured

Protests in Algeria leave 183 injured

-- 2019-03-03 13:15:24

A total of 183 people were injured during protests across Algeria on Friday against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for election to a fifth term, the state news agency APS said on Saturday,...

Thousands march in Italy’s Milan against racism

Thousands march in Italy’s Milan against racism

-- 2019-03-03 11:53:56

Huge crowds have gathered in the northern Italian city of Milan to protest against racism. Organisers said about 200,000 people turned out in the city in Lombardy, a region where the right-wing popul...

Trump slams Robert Mueller in fiery two-hour speech

Trump slams Robert Mueller in fiery two-hour speech

-- 2019-03-03 11:30:11

US President Donald Trump has launched a furious attack on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and on his critics at a conservative summit. In the longest speech of his presidency, Mr Trump railed against...

India says won’t share proof of air strikes

India says won’t share proof of air strikes

-- 2019-03-03 10:10:29

A top Indian minister said on Saturday the government would not share proof that "a very large number" of militants were killed in air strikes inside Pakistan this week, after doubts were raised there...

No economic future for NKorea with nuclear weapons: Trump

No economic future for NKorea with nuclear weapons: Trump

-- 2019-03-03 09:49:48

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon confirmed the United States and South Korea had agreed to end joint l...

Turkey will cut inflation rate to 6 to 7pc: Erdogan

Turkey will cut inflation rate to 6 to 7pc: Erdogan

-- 2019-03-02 18:04:15

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey’s inflation rate would fall to 6 or 7 per cent from the current 19-20 per cent but did not clarify how he aims to reach the goal. Delive...

Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle

Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle

-- 2019-03-02 17:54:04

Islamic State faced final territorial defeat on Saturday as the US-backed Syrian force battling the jihadists said it was closing in on their last bastion near the Iraqi border, capping four years of...

Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group

Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group

-- 2019-03-02 17:19:12

Iran criticised Britain for its decision to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, saying on Saturday it ignored both the will of a large portion of the Lebanese people and the Tehran-backed grou...

Britain records warmest February since 1910

Britain records warmest February since 1910

-- 2019-03-02 14:20:14

February's daily maximum temperatures in Britain have been the highest in records dating back to 1910, Britain's national weather service said Friday. The highest maximum temperature was in England a...

Brazilian court allows Lula to attend grandson's funeral

Brazilian court allows Lula to attend grandson's funeral

-- 2019-03-02 14:09:01

A Brazilian judge has allowed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to attend the funeral of his grandson who died from meningitis. Seven-year-old Arthur Araujo Lula da Silva died Friday mornin...

Two more Australian ministers quit as election nears

Two more Australian ministers quit as election nears

-- 2019-03-02 13:38:46

Two more ministers in Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s cabinet said on Saturday they will not contest elections due in May, adding to a flurry of high-profile resignations as opinion p...

Four die in Kashmir as India, Pakistan resume shelling

Four die in Kashmir as India, Pakistan resume shelling

-- 2019-03-02 13:10:05

Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other's posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least four civilians and wounding four others, officials said...

Thousands of Algerians call on president to step down

Thousands of Algerians call on president to step down

-- 2019-03-02 11:49:17

Tens of thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday in the country’s biggest anti-government demonstrations since the Arab Spr...

Pakistan hands over captured IAF pilot to India

Pakistan hands over captured IAF pilot to India

-- 2019-03-01 22:14:02

Pakistan, on Friday, has freed an Indian fighter pilot captured after his plane was shot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was handed over to Ind...